Roys 365 for 2017

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haven't seen the Golden Eagle in almost 2 yrs and now i spotted it twice in about a week, got a little closer this time.

 

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also twice spotting the Coppers hawk in the street.

 

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30th Dec 2017

i read in the Riverside rare bird alert that a Painted redstart was about 30 miles away, so i have never saw this bird before, so off i went.

i went to the location they described and waited, this cali thrasher was singing its head off.

 

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i could see it (binoculars) but couldnt catch it. Far away and deep in the trees .

at least the sun was coming up.

 

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Thrashers all over this place.

 

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no action with the redstart so i walked around to see what else was about, saw 4 spotted towhees jumping from the bushes to the ground searching for food

 

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a Ruby crowned kinglet/hutton's vireo???

 

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at last, this was hard to catch, always way back and mostly in the shade.

never sat still.

 

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i saw posted that if you were caught feeding the "Burro's/Donkey's" it was a $1000 fine....they roam freely here.

i drove a 2 mile stretch of the road and counted 17 of them (3 young ones)

 

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31st Dec 2017

despite calling to it i couldn't entice the Virginia Rail out any further .

 

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i spotted a different looking sparrow, after much searching my phone app i believe its a Lincoln sparrow.

 

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counted 15 snipes today

 

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